Railway-switch.



R. HYDE.

RAILWAY SWITCH APPLICATION FILED JULY 3.19m.

Patented Jan.14,1919.

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ROBERT HYDE, OF MECHANICSBURG, OHIO.

RAILWAY-SWITCH.

7 Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 3, 1918. Serial No. 243,155.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, ROBERT HYDE, a citizen of the United States, residingat Mein the county of Champaign and State of Ohio, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Railway- Switches; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and. use the same.

My invention relates to railways having sidings 011 which cars moving inone direction are side tracked to permit passage of cars-in the otherdirection, and the object is to provide a switch which when closed toprevent cars on the main line from traveling onto the siding will permitcars on the siding to pass freely onto the main track without thenecessity of operating the switch in any manner.

With the foregoing object in view, the invention resides in the novelfeatures of construction and unique combinations of parts to behereinafter fully described and claimed, the descriptive matter beingsupplemented by the accompanying drawing which forms a part of thisspecification and in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the im proved switch showing three carstraveling onto the siding; and

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing the manner in which thecars travel from the siding back onto the line rails.

In the drawing above briefly described, the numeral 1 designates anunbroken line rail while 2 has reference to a second line rail broken bya gap 3 and including a laterally swinging tongue 4 spaced from saidgap. The numerals 5 and 6 represent a pair of siding rails havinglaterally swinging switch tongues 7 and. 8 respectively, said tongue 7contacting with the inner side of the rail 1 when the switch is open asshown in Fig. l and the tongue 8 then contacting with the outer side ofthe rail 2, at the free end of its tongue 4. Vith the parts in thesepositions, one or more cars C may pass from the line rails 1 and 2 alongthe switch tongues 7 and 8 onto the siding rails 5 and 6, a suitablefrog or the like 5' being provided at the intersection of the rails 2and 5.

After passage of the car or train onto the siding, the switch is closedand while the other cars or trains may travel freely on the main track,and in order that the cars C may travel back onto the line rails withoutthe necessity of operating the switch, two switch extension rails 9 and10 are provided, the rail 9 be ing spaced inwardly a slight distancefrom the unbroken line rail 1, While the rail 10 is spaced outwardlyfrom the rail 2, being curved inwardly and joined to the latter at 11.When the switch is closed, the free ends-of the switch tongues 7 and 8move from engagement with the rails 1 and 2 into alinement with thebeveled ends 12 of the extension rails 9 and 10 and thus the cars are onthe sidin Patented Jan. 14, 1919. v

cars C in traveling in the direction of the arrows in Fig. 2 will moveonto said extension rails from the switch tongues, and from the formerwill be guided back onto the line rails 1 and 2, to continue on theroute, in the direction indicated by the arrows in Fig. 1. The end ofthe extension rail 9 opposite its beveled end 12 terminatessubstantially opposite the gap 3 and suitable guard rails 13 areprovided to prevent possible derailing of the cars The three tongues 4,7 and 8 are connected by a bridle bar l t for movement in unison andthus when the cars are to travel on the siding, it is only necessary toshift this bridle bar in the proper direction as shown in Fig. 1. Thecar or cars then travel onto the siding as indicated in Fig. 1 and theswitch is then closed, and the tongues 7 and 8 stand alined with theswitch extension rails 9 and 10 as disclosed in Fig. 2. The car or carson the siding may now return to the line rails l and 2 after the othercar or train has passed, by traveling first along the rails 5 and 6,then over the tongues 7 and 8, and finally along the switch extensionrails 9 and 10. Since the switch is thus undisturbed, the cars may againproceed on their way (toward the left in Fig. 2) without furtheroperatin the switch.

From the oregoing, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, itwill be obvious that I have provided a comparatively simple yet a highlyefficient and desirable switch which will require no operation to directtrains from the siding onto the main track. Since probably the bestreadapting the invention to the individual conditions which may be met.Also, it is to be understood that the switch may be used at both ends ofthe siding if said ends both join the main track. In all cases, theinvention will eifect a great saving in time and will cause lessinconvenience to the conductor, or other person operating the switches.

I claim:

1. In a railway, an unbroken line rail, a second line rail broken by agap, a pair of siding rails, a pair of switch tongues for contactrespectively with the inner side of said unbroken line rail and with theouter side of said broken line rail, said tongues extending from saidsiding rails, said broken rail having means to permit the car wheels totravel therefrom onto the adjacent switch tongue, and a pair of switchextension rails located respectively adjacent the inner side of saidunbroken line rail and the outer side of said broken rail, said switchtongues alining with said extension rails when the switch is closed, theoutermost of said extension rails joining said broken line rail at itsgap,-

and the other extension rail terminating sub stantially opposite saidap.

2. In a railway, an un roken line rail, a second line rail parallel tothe other and having a laterally swinging tongue, said second rail beingbroken by a gap at a point spaced from the free end of said tongue, apair of siding rails, a pair of switch tongues extending from saidsiding rails to contact respectively with the inner side of saidunbroken line rail and with the outer side of said broken rail at thefree end of its tongue,

means for moving the three tongues in unison, and a pair of fixedextension rails located respectively adjacent the inner sides of saidunbroken line rail and the outer side of said broken line rail, saidswitch tongues alining with one end of said extension rails when theswitch is closed, the outermost of said extension rails adjoining saidbroken line rail at its gap and the other extension rail terminatingsubstantially opposite said ap.

8 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

ROBERT HYDE.

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